Turin Networks Earns "RUS Acceptance" And "Buy American" Status For Its Traverse(TM) Platform

Turin Networks, Inc., a leading developer and supplier of multiservice optical transport platforms for network service providers, announced today that the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) branch of the United States Department of Agriculture has granted "RUS Acceptance" and "Buy American" status to Turin Networks Traverse(TM) Platform. This acceptance on the RUS list of materials allows rural telephone and utility companies to purchase and deploy the Traverse Platform with funds obtained through low-interest RUS loans.

"This achievement demonstrates Turin's commitment to rural telephone and utility companies," said John Webley, president and CEO, Turin Networks, Inc. "Our solutions are currently deployed with multiple rural carriers across the US, allowing them to affordably increase the capacity and efficiency of their optical transport networks, and offer a wide array of new broadband services in rural areas. With the Traverse Platform now included on the RUS transport vendor list, our next-generation optical transport solution is available to the many RUS-funded rural carriers."

Turin's Traverse Multiservice Optical Transport Platform is an evolutionary solution designed to integrate smoothly into a carriers' existing SONET-based infrastructure, and provide OC-3/12/48/192 transport of traditional DS1, DS3/EC-1, and OC-N services, as well as switched Ethernet over SONET (EoS) services, efficiently and cost-effectively. Highly integrated, the system unifies the functions of a next-generation SONET add-drop multiplexer (ADM) and digital cross-connect system (DCS) with an Ethernet aggregation switch in a single compact shelf. In addition to the ability to provision new revenue-generating data services, this consolidation of the functions of three network elements in a single system allows carriers to realize significant cost savings in capital spending and operations, and improved network efficiency.

About Turin Networks

Turin Networks Inc. is a leading developer and supplier of an innovative multiservice optical transport product - the Traverse(TM) Platform - for network service providers. Founded in October of 1999, the company is headquartered in Petaluma, the center of California's "Telecom Valley," with additional offices in Boston and London. A privately held corporation, Turin is led by an accomplished management team and is funded by top-tier venture capital firms as well as distinguished corporate and private investors. For more information, visit www.turinnetworks.com or call 707.665.4400.

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